Thursday, March 1, 2012

Priestly Fashion- In a nutshell

Each garment was worn to atone for a particular sin that
Bnai Israel committed:

Every Kohan that served in the temple wore four garments
made of white linen- bigdey kohan hedyot-

1.the skirt- kesones- was worn to atone for the
murders committed which were not punishable by the Bait Din, because two
witnesses were not present, so to, Hashem punished the entire nation for it.
also, the skirt was worn to atone for the sin of mixing wool and linen-
sha’atniz.

3.the belt- avnait- this was worn over the heart
and atoned for improper thoughts of the heart. The gematria of the heart- lev-
numerical value- was 32 (lamed 30 + bet 2 =32) so to, Hashem commanded that the
belt be 32 amot long.

4.the turban-migba’as- atoned for arrogance that
Bnai Israel had. Hashem said, “Let the headdress that is worn on the Kohan’s
head atone for the sin of holding the head too high.”